Gina Capaldi: 2 books
A Boy Named Beckoning
The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
This story reveals the remarkable life of a Native American boy named Wassaja, or "Beckoning," who was kidnapped from his Yavapai tribe and sold as a slave. Adopted by an Italian photographer in 1871 and renamed Carlos Montezuma, the young boy traveled throughout the Old West, bearing witness to the...
Red Bird Sings
The Story of Zitkala-Ša, Native American Author, Musician, and Activist
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
"I remember the day I lost my spirit." So begins the story of Gertrude Simmons, also known as Zitkala-Ša, which means Red Bird. Born in 1876 on the Yankton Sioux reservation in South Dakota, Zitkala-Ša willingly left her home at age eight to go to a boarding school in Indiana. But she soon found...